When Ecommerce and Social Media Collide

Ecommerce and social media. If you’re someone who spends a significant portion of your day online, then you’re probably familiar with both. They’re completely separate entities- you use one to interact with family and friends and the other to make online purchase….or...
Fintech is Shaking Up Traditional Banking

Fintech is Shaking Up Traditional Banking

  There are some dire speculations in circulation that fintech (financial technology) will kill the banking industry. When you can easily and conveniently manage your finances from your phone, doing everything from investing in stocks and transferring funds, why...
Do Young Adults Need to Meet With a Financial Advisor?

Do Young Adults Need to Meet With a Financial Advisor?

If you’re in your early to mid twenties, you may have been advised at some point to meet with a financial advisor. You may feel that you have your finances fairly well-managed or feel that you cannot afford to put out anymore money, however, so how do you know if it’s...
How do you Value a Sports Team?

How do you Value a Sports Team?

  I’ve always found it interesting how economists assign value to sports teams. What dictates one sports team being worth $4 billion while another is worth $2 billion?  You’d think it would be the abilities of the players, right? How many games they’ve won? Feats...
Futures Trading 101-Part 1: What is Futures Trading?

Futures Trading 101-Part 1: What is Futures Trading?

As a finance major, people will sometimes ask me what interests me about that field or what my favorite thing about it is. The simple answer to that question is that I grew up outside of New York City and my mother and uncles worked in finance, so I was surrounded by...